Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

Jazz and decolonization are intertwined in a powerful narrative that recounts one of the tensest episodes of the Cold War.

• Johan GrimonprezDirector
• Johan GrimonprezWriter

• Patrice LumumbaSelf (archive footage)
• Louis ArmstrongSelf (archive footage)
• Nikita KhrushchevSelf (archive footage)
• Dizzy GillespieSelf (archive footage)
• Andrée BlouinSelf (archive footage)
• Abbey LincolnSelf (archive footage)
• Max RoachSelf (archive footage)
• Malcolm XSelf (archive footage)
• Nina SimoneSelf (archive footage)
• John ColtraneSelf (archive footage)
• Duke EllingtonSelf (archive footage)
• Miriam MakebaSelf (archive footage)